ok, but according to dev-team, I should be ablo to perform a simple restore

3.iPad3, i4S (and iPad2 owners who don’t satisfy #2) will always be able to RE-restore the current 5.x OS that’s already on their device. So if you’re at 5.1.1 when the window closes (and you’ve saved your blobs), you’ll always be able to RE-restore to 5.1.1 again. This makes the 5.1.1 jailbreak a lot less fragile — you don’t have to worry about messing up your install with funky extensions or getting into a boot loop, because you can always RE-restore from 5.1.1 to 5.1.1 again (or from 5.0.1 to 5.0.1 again, etc). But once you fall off the 5.x train by restoring to 6.x, you’ll be stuck there until the next jailbreak.

I don't think we can re-restore to 5.1.1 on iPhone 4S. I was trying for hours yesterday and couldn't get it done. From what I read on the latest dev team blog post, is that we have to wait for a newer version of redsn0w. Unfortunately for me, I have to mail my iPhone 4S out soon and the buyer does not want iOS6 so I'm manually trying to delete all my data. I don't know what else to do.

I don't think we can re-restore to 5.1.1 on iPhone 4S. I was trying for hours yesterday and couldn't get it done. From what I read on the latest dev team blog post, is that we have to wait for a newer version of redsn0w. Unfortunately for me, I have to mail my iPhone 4S out soon and the buyer does not want iOS6 so I'm manually trying to delete all my data. I don't know what else to do.

Correct, which is what I said above. We have to wait for a new redsnow to be able to do it.

I'm trying to restore it to 4.3.3 and see if that'll work - so far it's 'verifying iPad software'.

It got to the end of 'verifying iPad firmware' now it's stuck in a loop of recovery mode...

I give up... I'll leave it to the smart people behind redsn0w to figure this one out. *Waits patiently for next version of redsn0w* (assuming they do include 6 to 5.1.1 downgrade for iPad 2 easy button)

Ok, why not put your phone in DFU mode and Shift-restore to stock 5.1.1? Use current iTunes you have... worth a try!

I want to go back to 6 and retrace my steps but I see your problem here and imma bit concerned... hehehe!

I'll try that in the morning -- I don't think that'll work as Apple aren't signing iOS 5 anymore. But as you say.. it's worth a try. And anyway the next version of redsn0w will be able to downgrade from 6 to 5.1.1 -- I'm sure I can live without a jailbreak for a few weeks.